truncatus, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:64 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0590. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:5 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:93 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Arius truncatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Kottelat et al. 1993:80 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:166 [ref. 22772], Martin-Smith & Tan 1998:592 [ref. 23647], Kailola 1999:1866 [ref. 24732], Tan & Ng 1999:297 [ref. 24254], Kailola in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122], Ng 2003:10 [ref. 27208]). •Valid as Cryptarius truncatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 2004:135 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:57 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:43 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:643 [ref. 32225], Kottelat 2013:248 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:44 [ref. 34464], Taki et al. 2021:277 [ref. 39830], Marceniuk et al. 2023:31 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Cryptarius truncatus (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: South and southeast Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.